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Odd set of pics–2 of the washer, or is it the dryer? More of the basement and stairwell than the main rooms. the header suggests–easy to get away from here (which you might want to do), but you can go to ball games if you want.

I don’t really understand why a buyer would care if it “shows well.” They’re not looking to list it. Makes it seem like its flaws are easily hidden. And maybe if they didn’t use so many exclamation points they would have accurately spelled remodeled.

So many cons:
*While I guess you might be able to fit a car behind the house, if you look at the Property lines n the DC Atlas, there’s really not a lot of actual property behind the house. The picture is taken from the public alley.
*Also, there’s no way that’s 1560 square feet. The property records have it at 780. That’s what I imagine the first two floors are. How they double that I have no idea.
*There’s no room to add a deck or any structure behind because lot coverage is already an existing non-conformity.
Pros:
*It’s a whole rowhouse with a basement near a metro. So, yeah, $675k isn’t too far from what they’ll end up with.

buyers’ agents would care if it shows well. keep in mind that these listings were originally intended for real estate agents as the audience, which shows in how ridiculous many of them still are. lots of those folks still around.

This place doesn’t even beg the question “good deal or not.” Not. Just not. Trulia says this place is 780 square feet. Be very careful with sellers listing square footage since they’ll often will add in a finished basement. Don’t really care if you put down tile and drywall, but people don’t pay full price for basement square footage.

At nearly $900 a square foot I’ll spend the $3.50 and take Metro to the Nats game, thank you.